Christopher J. Bellini

Christopher Bellini joined Cozen O'Connor at the beginning of 2014 as a member of the Corporate Law Department and is chair of Cozen O'Connor's Private Equity Practice Group. Chris focuses his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions involving publicly and privately held companies and private equity acquisition and divestiture transactions. Chris is also experienced in SEC-registered public offerings and private placement transactions. He has extensive experience in the areas of corporate and securities law as well as in corporate governance and compliance matters.

Chris earned his law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School and his LL.M from the New York University School of Law, where he was the graduate editor of the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics. Chris received his bachelor's degree, cum laude, from the University of Minnesota.

Experience

Served as special counsel to the management of Folio Dynamix in connection with its acquisition by Actua Corporation.

Represented Brass Ring Capital in the acquisition of a controlling interest in Portu-Sunberg Marketing.

Represented Pilgrim Capital Partners in the acquisition of First Fruits Beverage Company.

Represented Amcom Software and its sponsors, CIBC Capital and 2nd Wave Software, on the sale to Norwest Equity Partners.

Served as primary M&A advisor to Gordon Brothers Group and Hilco Consumer Capital in the acquisition of the assets of Polaroid Corporation pursuant to Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

News

Before joining Cozen O’Connor, Mr. Bellini was a partner in Dorsey & Whitney’s Corporate Group, where he was chair of the Private Equity Practice Group and a member of the Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions and Venture Capital and Emerging Companies practice groups.